Yeah just matchsticks on their own should work to pack the hole and provide a bit of extra "bite" for the screws. Depends on whether you push them in and they disappear into a void in the door where it has been mortised too big or larger for an old latch/lock. It's the cheapest method, but not guaranteed to be successful in every case. Tighten the screws as much as you can or does this affect the operation of the latch? If you need to slacken the screws to get the latch springing back properly and then the handle is coming loose after a while, the screws could be slightly too short.
Joined: Apr 13 2002 Posts: 3569 Location: enjoying the fresh air,moors and beaches of devon and cornwall
as LF13 agrees , just matchsticks packed in tightly, as many as you can get in and then re-screw the screws back in, should be a good tight secure fit.
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pugged a piece of match into each of the tiny holes and then fired the screws back in, they were biting into place like a good en. lets just hope those words don't come back to bite me a few months/weeks down the line.
Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
Live Wired wrote:why don't you just replace the bedroom door with the bathroom door?
Just rest the "new" bathroom door in position, and whoever next opens " new" door, will break it, ergo, leaving the problem with them.
Don't they teach you anything in college these days?
And when somebody opens the "old" bathroom door and takes a dump on your doormat?
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